for whoever you are, for whatever you're trying to achieve, pnc has technology, guidance, and over 150 years of experience to help you get there. ♪ >>> welcome back. retail real estate stalling as more retailers move online, but the industry may have a new savior, restaurants. >> that's right. retail malls are still struggling to come back from the one-two pinch. then, as you said, that continuing move to online shopping. vacancies are coming off their highs of 9.4% to 8.7% in q-3. strip centers are underperforming the large community malls with a higher vacancy rate of 8.10%. what's helping the bigger malls is something very new. restaurants taking up former retail space. >> we have seen restaurants and other entertainment venues helping to drive that mall growth. malls have become a gathering place for people. you know, the paneras of this world help that happen. >> as of august, restaurants had signed nearly 16% of retail leases by square foot. that's up from around 10% in 2006. the numbers have been rising year to year. it's just like right behind me here in d.c. this mall lost a